Why One-Size-Fits-All Schools Will Never Work

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🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Robert C. Enlow, president and CEO of EdChoice, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to analyze the startling results of this year's Nation's Report Card and discuss why a one-size-fits-all school system will never work for America's children or the parents who care about the quality of the next generation's education.

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0:00.0	And we are back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.
0:21.3	I'm Matt Kittle's senior elections correspondent at The Federalist and your experience
0:26.7	Sherpa on today's quest for knowledge.
0:30.1	As always, you can email the show at Radio at the Federalist.com.
0:34.8	Follow us on X at FBRLST. Make sure to subscribe wherever you download your
0:40.2	podcast and, of course, to the premium version of our website as well. Our guest today is Robert
0:45.3	Enloe, President and CEO of Ed Choice. We discuss the continuing woeful state of public education
0:53.9	in America.
0:54.8	Robert, good to talk to you.
0:55.8	Thank you for joining us on this edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.
0:58.6	Thanks again for having us.
0:59.9	I really appreciate it.
1:01.1	Absolutely.
1:01.9	Well, we focus on the latest and not so greatest results from the nation's report card every year.
1:09.9	It's an annual assessment of where our students
1:13.2	stand in public education in America. You write recently, I wrote recently at Fox News,
1:22.8	an op-ed piece. You open saying this, the newest results from the nation's report card were
1:27.4	a gut punch.
1:29.1	Nearly half of high school seniors scored below basic in math and reading. Compared to 2019,
1:37.1	the last time the test was administered, the results are abysmal. It's just one more sign that our
1:43.4	education system is failing or falling
1:46.0	short of preparing students for college, work, and life. But here's the thing. Parents didn't
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